We stopped the automaton cold. Read the rest

In America, chicken has better health care than you. Read the rest

By default, Microsoft gets to see your location, keystrokes and browser history -- and listen to your microphone, and some of that stuff is shared with "trusted [by Microsoft, not by you] partners." Read the rest

This could be you.Lots of board games from the 20th century just plain suck. Monopoly and Risk are positive-feedback games where the first person to gain a slight advantage inevitably becomes the runaway winner a couple of tedious hours later. Read the rest

A San Francisco Police Captain wanted cyclists to obey the law, so they did. Traffic was immediately snarled.Read the rest

Rostam Notarki is being sentenced to seven years in prison for shoving a shabby-looking man out of his pub with an ironing board. Read the rest

A point of American pride, our national park system, is sadly underfunded and lost. The Seattle Times shares one piece of the story, corporate sponsorship.Read the rest

What happens when female players slam tilt their way into the bright, loud world of pinball? Read the rest

New leaked documents published by Wikileaks show that the US spy agency conducted surveillance operations against Japan's top government officials, prioritizing finance and trade ministers, as well as the Japanese central bank and two private-sector energy companies. -

"Don't you know, that I have never been loved like this before."

Monday returns with yet another a satellite transmission from Offworld, highlighting our favorite features and games from last week, as well as the stories throughout the galaxy that got us talking Read the rest

Andy Kroll tried, and emerged with a darkly humorous account of its essential impossibility: beyond soundbites about Mexicans and business, there is virtually nothing to see. Read the rest

Gentlemen! Never let children wear your hats. Jamie Peck explores the history of the fedora, an excellent garment born in female empowerment that became "a widely recognized symbol of douchebaggery" thanks to horrid young men. Read the rest

Infrared photography (see Fortherock's hummingbird above) is beautiful. Read the rest

That's not what he says—all porn sites will have to gather and retain proof of customer identity. But everything leaks, so it's what he meant. Read the rest

Who isn't? Read the rest

To make sure he couldn't be caught, Ely Sakhai bought the original first—a Rembrandt of enormous value. This "incredibly brazen" con almost worked, writes Anthony M. Read the rest

It's like Bad USB, with extra Thunderbolt badness: Web-based attacks can insert undetectable malicious software into a Mac's UEFI/BIOS, which spreads to other machines by infecting Thunderbolt and USB devices. Read the rest

I don’t know about you, but despite my best efforts, my armpits stink to high heaven by the end of the day. Read the rest

What happens when a Japanese fighter pilot crash-lands on a remote Hawaiian island after the attack on Pearl Harbor? Read the rest

I’m not much of a chef, but I really enjoy my newest culinary purchase. It’s the Bitterman Himalayan Salt Block, and it sure is pretty. Read the rest

Mrwhosetheboss made a down-and-dirty holographic projector for a smartphone using a plastic jewel case and special video files. Try it yourself! Read the rest

The GOP front-runner said, "My sons love to hunt. [...] Eric is a hunter and I would say he puts it on a par with golf, if not ahead of golf. My other son, Don, is a hunter. They're great marksman, great shots, they love it." Read the rest

They Live stars Rowdy Roddy Piper, who died July 31. It's one of the greatest political sci-fi films of all time, and fittingly, it's the opening film analyzed by Slavoj Žižek in The Pervert's Guide to Ideology. Read the rest

Parisian photographer Jackie Tadeoni created this wonderful series of superheroes (and Snow White!) as subjects of Baroque Flemish portraits. Read the rest

Manipulating safe locks can be fun and profitable! It also takes practice. I recently bought a used safe combination dial lock and mounted it to a piece of reclaimed wood. Read the rest

Somewhere, nestled in the woods near Santa Rosa, California, Ryan Powers came across this relic from a time better left forgotten.This Apple /// serves as a dark reminder of the days when computer science pioneers were outcasts, and forced to hide in the wild, with little more than a 6502 assembler to keep them warm.

"Those good old lovely songs. Those sweet soul music songs."

I’m 18 and still have so much fun sitting at my kitchen table doing arts and crafts. One of my favorite craft kits I own is an awesome and simple pin-making kit called the Sukie Button Factory. Read the rest

Grow Your YouTube Channel from the Ground Up with 5 Expert-Taught Courses Read the rest

Electronic repairs are not always your average toolbox fix. The Pro Tech Screwdriver Set ($59.95)includes all the parts necessary to tackle any tricky repair or cleaning required to get your gadgets running smoothly. Read the rest

Author/illustrator Gris Grimly has a launch event and art show for his own illustrated edition of Ray Bradbury’s Halloween Tree this Sunday at Creature Features in Burbank. Read the rest

A fellow from East Texas didn't take kindly to an armadillo that entered his backyard at 3am on Thursday morning. He opened fire on the animal, but one bullet bounced of the critter's tough hide and hit the man in his face. Read the rest

Jeff Baham writes, "On July 10, 2015, the Mousetalgia podcast invited Disney voice artists Mark Silverman ('Twilight Zone Tower of Terror'), Margaret Kerry (red-headed mermaid in 'Peter Pan') and Peter Renaday ('Country Bear Jamboree') to re-create the 1969 'Story and Song of the Haunted Mansion' Disneyland Record live, recording their single take around a table while enjoying a lunch of submarine sandwiches." Read the rest

Bently is a rescued baby pot-bellied pig who lived at the EARTH Animal Sanctuary. On Feb 23 a seizure left him in a state of shock and he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Read the rest

How sculptor and Dwarven Forge founder Stefan Pokorny raised $6.5 million—and gave you the dungeon of your dreams Read the rest

Freedom of the Press Foundation this week filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Justice Department over their unpublished rules for using National Security Letters and so-called informal “exigent letters” to conduct surveillance of journalists. Read the rest

A "very aggressive" turkey has apparently been terrorizing people on the University of Michigan's North Campus."Do not try to approach the turkey," deputy police chief Melissa Overton said. Read the rest

The University of Maryland Robotics Center's new Robo Raven III V4 soars on larger flapping wings that "have flexible solar cells giving the vehicle an extra 10 Watts of power. This allows this robotic bird to fly longer and recharge outdoors." (more…)

Brian Sacks: "Tell your child that before he/she was born you too had a groundbreaking idea for a rainbow-powered washing machine. Let them know you were on the verge of getting a patent and becoming fabulously wealthy but then they happened." Read the rest

My favorite: "You pretend the global warming fairy is real even as you live in a mansion. Maybe do cartwheels for voodoo." (Wut?) (more…)

Fred Maldonado is suing In-N-Out for purportedly serving him a methamphetamine laced milkshake. In-N-Out denies the claims.Read the rest

The classic Vacation movie series began as a 1979 short story about the Griswold family's disastrous trip to Disneyland that John Hughes published in National Lampoon magazine. At the time, Hughes was a copywriter at ad agency Leo Burnett Worldwide in Chicago. Read the rest

Boing Boing pal and drone videographer Eddie Codel, creator of this stunner above of the Port of Oakland, launched the Flying Robot international Film Festival and is calling for entries! Read the rest

Fans wanted the Foo Fighters to come to Cesena, Italy, so they made this amazing cover of 1000 musicians rocking out to "Learn to Fly." Read the rest